Principal Investigator:
Edgar Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
Department:
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Research in the Edgar Miller Lab focuses on nutrition, hypertension and kidney disease. Current projects include a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute study on dietary carbohydrate and glycemic index effects on markers of oxidative stress, inflammation and kidney function; and a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases randomized controlled trial that examines the effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on urine protein excretion in diabetic kidney disease.
Research Areas: nutrition, kidney diseases, diabetes, inflammation